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Community Acquired Legionnaire's Disease in a Kidney Transplant Patient
Jason Kirincich1, Zrinka Sakic1, Armin Atic1
1Department of Nephrology, Arterial Hypertension, Dialysis and Transplantation, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.
Abstract:
This case report details the clinical picture of a renal transplant recipient infected with community acquired Legionella pneumonia. While it is more commonly associated as a nosocomial infection due to pathogenic organisms in a hospital's water supply, this case serves as a reminder to consider the patient's impaired cellular immune function when trying to diagnose community acquired pneumonia.